Skip to content

If you're a single mother with two children—which is the toughest job in America, as far as I'm concerned—you're working hard to put food on your family.

— George W. Bush

Another quote →

Topics

Mother

More quotes by George W. Bush

Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples, while judging ourselves by our best intentions.

If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us. If we're a humble nation, but strong, they'll welcome us.

States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

State of the Union address (2002)

Some folks look at me and see swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking'.

In a society governed by the people, no wrong lasts forever.

All George W. Bush quotes →

You may also like

Being a good mother means teaching your children to care for the world.

Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass (2013)

The long sleep of Mother Goddess is ended. May She awaken in each of our hearts — Merry meet, merry part, and blessed be.

Starhawk Womanspirit Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion (1979)

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men, — from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. The Professor at the Breakfast Table (1859)

Mother and poetess do not rhyme, but they go together rather well.

Rosario Castellanos Genesis of an Ambassador (1971)

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: George W. Bush (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.